Health

A group- Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) on Friday held a training for Nigerian journalists on the controversies surrounding the ‘gene drives’ research organisations that allegedly target Africans as “guinea pigs.” The training, the organisers said, was aimed at equipping journalists...

The Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, has called for a total ban on the importation of medical syringes into the country to encourage local production. Mr Alausa, who visited the Afrimedical Manufacturing and Supplies Limited Syringe factory in...

Kano State treated 36,843 Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2022, the state government has said. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Abubakar Yusuf, stated this on Saturday at an event commemorating the 2024 World TB Day. The event was held at Muhammad...

The sunrise over Zabarmari village was beautiful in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, but it offered no comfort to Fatima Sani, a 22-year-old woman in labour. Her baby was coming, but the nearest health centre – her only...

A fresh outbreak of diphtheria disease has reportedly killed four children in villages in the Mingibir Local Government Area of Kano State. 28 others were said to have been hospitalised, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Information...

The federal government and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), on Friday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance oncology care in the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, signed the MoU, along...

The Nigerian government has taken possession of 72 Toyota Hilux operational vehicles and other essential equipment to support the country’s HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) national responses and enhance the country’s healthcare system. Represented by the Minister of State for Health,...

The Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu, on Tuesday, dispatched a response team to Wukara community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to curtail the further spread of chicken pox. Mr. Maikalangu, who was represented by...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has announced the world’s first successful transplant of a “genetically-edited” pig kidney into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The four-hour-long surgery was carried out on Saturday, 16 March by a team of...

Ahead of the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other health experts have called on governments to increase funding for Tuberculosis (TB) to achieve Nigeria’s goal of eradicating the disease by 2030. The health experts, who...